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National Jewish Book Awards
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Sephardic Studies
| Year | Endowment | Winner | Finalists |
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| 2001 | Jewish Book Council Award | Judah Alharizi, David Simha Segal, trans. and explicationThe Book of Tahkemoni: Jewish Tales from Medieval Spain
Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization
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| 2000 | Maurice Amado Foundation Award | Daniel M. SwetschinskiReluctant Cosmopolitans
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
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| 1999 | Maurice Amado Foundation Award | Renne Levine MelammedHeretics or Daughters of Israel? The Crypto-Jewish Women of Castile
Oxford University Press
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| 1998 | Maurice Amado Foundation Award | Robert BrodyThe Geonim of Babylonia
Yale University Press
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| 1996 | Maurice Amado Foundation Award | David GitilitzSecrecy and Deceit: The True Religion of the Crypto-Jews
Jewish Publication Society
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| 1995 | Maurice Amado Foundation Award | Ben Zion NetanyahuThe Origins of the Inquisition
Random House
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| 1994 | Maurice Amado Foundation Award | Michael LaskierNorth African Jewry in the Twentieth Century
New York University Press
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| 1993 | Maurice Amado Foundation Award | Jane S. GerberHistory of the Sephardic Experience
The Free Press
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| 1992 | Maurice Amado Foundation Award | Ross BrannThe Compunctious Poet: Cultural Ambiguity and Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Spain
The Johns Hopkins University Press
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